Attorney General Eric Holder told a Muslim group on Friday that FBI undercover stings that have uncovered terrorist plots are necessary for "protecting American lives" and those who allege government entrapment "don't have their facts straight."

Ledesma, 34, was part of an operation involving nearly 12 Chandler police officers, including SWAT members. The type of operation where police bait drug suspects with seized evidence is known as a "reversal."

In May 2004, they traveled together to Cairo, Egypt, where they hoped to make contact with the mujahedeen, receive training, and be placed in either Iraq or Afghanistan to fight U.S. troops. They returned to the U.S. where they came in contact with an undercover informant and sought military training.

A mere eight seconds had passed between the time the uniformed unit pulled up and Paskvan's request for paramedics, time enough for the man to have sustained fatal injuries and Paskvan's life and career path to change substantially.

The lengthy investigation of an undercover New York Police Department officer produced recorded conversations that led to the arrests Saturday of two New Jersey men who plotted to kill American soldiers.

Henry Canales recorded the audio using a wristwatch microphone during an operation to sell $35,000 of electronics to a group that included two illegal aliens now on trial as accomplices in the shooting.

Jay Dobyns, an ATF agent in Arizona for 22 years, contends in U.S. Court of Claims papers that his bosses failed to uphold an agreement to protect him after he received death threats from the Hells Angels.

Danny Manning was once robbed by a pregnant woman. A few weeks ago, a teenager pointed a sawed-off 12-gauge at his face. Recently, he was jumped, beaten and robbed by three women in front of the Golden Gate Theater - at 3 in the afternoon.

The gunman who shot and killed a Houston police officer and then was fatally shot during an undercover sting late Tuesday is believed to have been an illegal immigrant from Mexico, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

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